My PlaceIn 1982 Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace. What started out as a tentative search for information about her family, turned into an overwhelming emotional and spiritual pilgrimage. My Placebeings with the experiences of Sally's own life, growing up in suburban Perth in the fifties and sixties. Through the memories and images of her childhood and adolescence, vague hints and echoes begin to emerge, hidden knowledge is uncovered, and a fascinating story unfolds. It is a deeply moving account of a search for truth, into which a whole family is gradually drawn, finally freeing the tongues of the author's mother and grandmother, allowing them to tell their own stories. |
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... tell . It wouldn't be right . She could tell you everything you want to know . You see , Howden was a lonely man . I know , one night at Ivanhoe , we both got drunk together and he told me all his troubles . He used to go down to ...
... tell . It wouldn't be right . She could tell you everything you want to know . You see , Howden was a lonely man . I know , one night at Ivanhoe , we both got drunk together and he told me all his troubles . He used to go down to ...
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... tell you that , did she ? ' ' Yes . ' ' Well , if that's what she says . ' ' But was he , Nan ? ' ' I did love Jack . ' ' What happened then , Nan , tell me what happened . Why didn't it work out ? ' ' How could it ? He was well - off ...
... tell you that , did she ? ' ' Yes . ' ' Well , if that's what she says . ' ' But was he , Nan ? ' ' I did love Jack . ' ' What happened then , Nan , tell me what happened . Why didn't it work out ? ' ' How could it ? He was well - off ...
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... tell . ' ' Oh , come on , Mum , this is me you're talking to , not some stranger off the street ! You think I can't tell when you're hiding things ? I know you too well . I want you to tell me what it was like . ' ' I told you before ...
... tell . ' ' Oh , come on , Mum , this is me you're talking to , not some stranger off the street ! You think I can't tell when you're hiding things ? I know you too well . I want you to tell me what it was like . ' ' I told you before ...
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